(1) A-WEEMA-WEH. Derek Kunsken, one of the guests of honor, tells Black Gate readers about “The 4th International Science Fiction Conference, Chengdu, China, November 2017”. Among the international guests were authors Michael Swanwick and Ted Komsatska from the USA, Taiyo … Continue reading
INTRODUCTION. Twenty-five years ago MagiCon was held in Orlando, Florida. A great con, and I thought it would be fun to reprint the report I ran in File 770. Here is the fourth of five daily installments. The Worldcon was … Continue reading
By James H. Burns: Sylvia Anderson has to be one of the first women I ever had a crush on, even if I didn’t recognize it as such. And the fact that she was in wooden form makes it all … Continue reading
(1) PRINCESS ON CAMPAIGN. A set of election posters help publicize a new Star Wars novel — “Leia’s Past Haunts Her In new Star Wars: Bloodline Poster”, at IGN. Set in-between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the … Continue reading
(1) BACK TO NARNIA? According to Evangelical Focus, a fourth Narnia movie – The Silver Chair — could be ready in 2016 The story happens decades later. In Narnia, King Caspian is now an old man. Eustace and Jill will be … Continue reading
David Graham will be the only original cast member returning in the new production of Thunderbirds Are Go! He’ll be the voice of Parker, chauffeur of Lady Penelope’s pink Rolls Royce. Rosamund Pike will be Lady Penelope. ITV will air … Continue reading
Herbert Lom, the last surviving member of the cast of 1955 Ealing classic The Ladykillers, September 27, aged 95. In a career which stretched back to 1937, his genre roles included The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (tv, 1967), Gerry Anderson’s live-action debut Doppelgänger … Continue reading
Deep mourning over the loss of celebrated fans drew readers to the leading stories in January. There were also brighter days and some silly stories at the top of the list, like Ursula K. Le Guin’s satirical response to HarperCollins … Continue reading
When Mike Resnick raised questions about the Worldcon’s future in an SF Signal comment chain his approach there was to describe symptoms, assess possible causes and urge intelligent changes to fix them. Yet in crafting his editorial for Universe about … Continue reading
(1) WANT TO HEAR SOME GOOD NEWS? In “Regarding Audible”, Brandon Sanderson reports progress has been made in moving audiobook distributors toward a fairer royalty structure. Work remains to be done, however. …I’m happy to say that this stand has … Continue reading